Nvidia Patents a Way for Self-Driving Cars to Know When an Object Is Actually in Their Path
Not every object near a self-driving car is actually a threat. Nvidia's new patent describes a system that figures out exactly which…
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Nvidia Patents a Way to Keep the Most Safety-Critical Car Features Running When Others Fail
When something goes wrong inside a self-driving car's computer, not every feature can stay on, so Nvidia has patented a system that…
Samsung Patents a Processor That Runs AI Tasks Faster With Less Energy
Samsung has filed a patent for a new chip architecture that stores AI math data in a way that lets a single…
Sony Patents a LiDAR Sensor That Recovers Faster After a Blinding Flash of Light
When a laser-based distance sensor gets hit by a flood of light, it can go temporarily blind, and that's a serious problem…
Sony's Patent Lets a Remote Human Take Over When Self-Driving Sensors Fail
When one of a self-driving car's sensors goes dark, the vehicle is suddenly navigating blind in one direction. Sony's new patent describes…
IBM Patents a Safety-Scoring System for Autonomous Vehicle Drop-Offs
When a self-driving car pulls up to drop you off, should it decide whether that corner is actually safe? IBM thinks so,…
Intel Patents a Processor That Bookmarks Its Own Memory Work Mid-Instruction
Intel has filed a patent for a processor that can pause a complex memory operation midway through, save its place, and pick…
IBM Patents a System for Catching AI Models That Leak Private Training Data
When an AI is trained on private data and then starts repeating it back word-for-word, that's a data leak. IBM has filed…
Sony Patents Smarter Robot Navigation That Learns to Dodge Obstacles Faster
Sony wants to shrink the AI brain guiding a robot around obstacles down to the bare minimum. The idea is that a…
Qualcomm Patents AI Camera Tech That Skips Saving Frames That Haven't Changed
Every time an AI camera analyzes a video, it can generate mountains of data for nearly identical frames. Qualcomm's new patent describes…
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